They give me smiles, so I smile

They give me love, so I love

They tell me I’m beautiful, and so I am beautiful

They sing me songs of hope, and so I have hope

My years have been good to me

Young and tender years brush by like a caress to my face

A few years gone yet only a little gained

I hold many anticipations and leave to dance in the rain

 

 

They throw me sneers, and so my smiles are grimace

They give me hate, and so I live with my hate

They misconstrue me, and so I have no friends

The years have changed me, I am not the same girl

I’ve sailed on life like a canoe through forever changing waters

I get knocked back in forth but I learn to keep steady

The waters reflection show me myself

I am amazed at myself, my love, my strength my dreams

Deeper into dangerous rivers, flipped over by failures and drowned by fears

Deeper into the rapid waters, I learn water is not everything

Instead I find parts of myself never dreamed by me

The years have shown me life has inevitable pain

More years come and pass, and even more of myself to gain